Liev Schreiber is "Ray Donovan."

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With "Boardwalk Empire," "Tremé" and "The Walking Dead" all done for 2012, the Sunday night cable drama field is all Showtime's for the next few weeks. The pay cable channel will try to take advantage of that by using Sunday's episodes of "Dexter" and "Homeland" to run a first-look trailer (which is already available online; see below) for its two new 2013 drama offerings: "Masters of Sex" and "Ray Donovan."

On "30 Rock," Jack (Alec Baldwin) gets some help from Kermit the Frog (Steve Whitmire).

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A quick review of last night's "30 Rock" coming up just as soon as I'm a nymphomaniac virgin widow with a hotel room and a latex allergy...

On "Parks and Recreation," Ron (Nick Offerman) gets Leslie's thumbs of approval.

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A review of tonight's "Parks and Recreation" coming up just as soon as it's about to get warm all up in my jazz...

Jessy Schram and Jay Hernandez in "Last Resort."

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A quick review of tonight's "Last Resort" coming up just as soon as the pen is mightier than the sword...

James Gandolfini, Edie Falco and Robert Iler in "The Sopranos" final scene.

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My improvised publicity blitz continues for "The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever," and here are the latest links, including one that I suspect will prompt more discussion here. (You can find all the review and interview links at AlanSepinwall.com, along with a FAQ, a list of links to all my online writing about the shows in the book, purchasing links to all the different formats, and more.)

Stephen Tobolowsky, left, has been dropped as a regular on "The Mindy Project."

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As a long-time fan of Stephen Tobolowsky as both a character actor ("Bing!") and as a brilliant podcast host (and now author of a book, "The Dangerous Animals Club," inspired by said podcast), I was excited to see him added to the cast of "The Mindy Project," replacing Richard Schiff as Dr. Marc Shulman, the boss at the OB/GYN practice where Mindy, Danny and Jeremy work.

But after a couple of brief appearances in the pilot, and then a slightly more prominent role in the second episode, "Hiring and Firing," Tobolowsky ceased appearing on the show. "The Mindy Project" has, like many freshman comedies, been figuring itself out as it goes along, and making cast changes has been a part of that. Recently, it was announced that Amanda Setton, who plays Shauna the receptionist, would be leaving the show, while Anna Camp (Mindy's best friend Gwen) would be downgraded to a recurring guest star. And last night's episode opened with Mindy and the others getting a note that Dr. Shulman had decided to retire, leaving the practice in their hands. It wasn't quite Poochie dying on the way back to his home planet, in that Tobolowsky recorded a voiceover version of the note, but it was still incredibly abrupt.

Jake Johnson and Olivia Munn in "New Girl."

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A quick review of last night's "New Girl" coming up just as soon as I eat your hair out of a bowl...

"Parenthood" co-star Mae Whitman seems very excited to hang with Glen Hansard.

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A review of last night's "Parenthood" coming up just as soon as I tow a troubador's Camry...

On "How I Met Your Mother," Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) shows off his latest invention.

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A quick review of last night's "How I Met Your Mother" coming up just as soon as I get the naming rights to that lollipop bin...